Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes

The Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually during the last week of November at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. A Grade II event, the race is open to two-year-olds willing to race one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt, and is a Road to the Kentucky Derby race, offering points to the top four horses towards being one of the 18 horses eligible for the race by points in North American races (there are spots available to European and Asian horses which participate in races in their respective continents, but if they decline, those spots go to the next highest in points from the North American events).

Inaugurated in 1920, the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes was contested at a distance of one mile from its inception through 1979. The race was transferred to the Latonia Race Track in Covington, Kentucky in 1931 but returned to Churchill Downs in 1934.

There was no race run between 1939 and 1945 because of World War II.

Historical notes

Five horses have won the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes and then returned the next spring to win the Kentucky Derby. The most recent Derby winner was Super Saver (2010). Prior winners were Cannonade (1974), Twenty Grand (1931), Clyde Van Dusen (1929) and Reigh Count (1928).

In 1930, Twenty Grand won the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes in a track record time of 1:36 flat which at the time was the fastest mile ever run by a two-year-old in the United States.

In 1933, Mata Hari became the first filly to win the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes.

Records Speed record: (at current distance of miles) 1:42.83 – Super Saver (2009) Most wins by a jockey

4 – Calvin H. Borel (2000, 2008, 2009, 2014)

Most wins by a trainer

3 – D. Wayne Lukas (1989, 1991, 1997)

Most wins by an owner

4 – John C. Oxley (1994, 2008, 2012, 2015)

Winners Year Winner Jockey Trainer Owner Distance Time Win $ Gr.2025Further AdoIrad Ortiz Jr.Brad H. CoxSpendthrift Farm1-1/16 m1:43.33$400,000G22024First ResortLuis SaezEoin G. HartyGodolphin Racing LLC1-1/16 m1:43.01$238,440G22023Honor MarieRafael BejaranoD. Whitworth BeckmanRibble Farms LLC1-1/16 m1:44.31$97,500G22022Instant CoffeeLuis SaezBrad H. CoxGold Square LLC1-1/16 m1:45.25$97,500G22021Smile HappyCorey LanerieKenneth McPeekLucky Seven Stable1-1/16 m1:43.94$234,410G22020KeepmeinmindDavid CohenRobertino DiodoroCypress Creek, LLC & Arnold Bennewith1-1/16 m1:44.52$119,040G22019Silver ProspectorRicardo Santana Jr.Steven M. AsmussenEd & Susie Orr1-1/16 m1:45.94$180,420G22018SignalmanBrian Hernandez Jr.Kenneth McPeekTommie M. Lewis, David A. Bersen, LLC, Magdalena Racing 1-1/16 m1:45.29$112,840G22017Enticed Junior AlvaradoKiaran McLaughlinGodolphin1-1/16 m1:44.42$114,080G22016McCrakenBrian Hernandez Jr.Ian R. WilkesWhitham Thoroughbreds1-1/16 m1:44.15$115,320G22015AiroforceJulien LeparouxMark E. CasseJohn C. Oxley1-1/16 m1:45.48$114,080G22014El KabeirCalvin H. BorelJohn P. Terranova IIZayat Stables1-1/16 m1:44.82$135,792G22013TapitureJesus Lopez CastanonChuck PeeryKevin Jacobsen1-1/16 m1:43.51$104,279G22012UncapturedMiguel MenaMark E. CasseJohn C. Oxley1-1/16 m1:44.97$101,047G22011GemologistJavier CastellanoTodd A. PletcherWinStar Farm1-1/16 m1:44.46$103,855G22010SantivaShaun BridgmohanEddie KenneallyTom R. Walters1-1/16 m1:45.31$100,254G22009Super SaverCalvin H. BorelTodd A. PletcherWinStar Farm1-1/16 m1:42.83$113,832G22008BeethovenCalvin H. BorelJohn T. Ward Jr.John C. Oxley1-1/16 m1:44.14$99,994G22007Anak NakalJulien LeparouxNick ZitoFour Roses Thoroughbreds1-1/16 m1:43.16$168,156G22006Tiz WonderfulJohn R.VelazquezScott BlasiStonestreet Stable1-1/16 m1:42.84$133,208G22005Private VowShaun BridgmohanSteven M. AsmussenMike McCarty1-1/16 m1:45.80$137,888G22004Greater GoodJohn McKeeRobert E. HolthusLewis G. Lakin1-1/16 m1:45.14$138,384G22003The Cliff's EdgeShane SellersNick ZitoRobert V. LaPenta1-1/16 m1:45.50$137,764G22002SotoLarry MelanconMichael W. DickinsonBaron Georg von Ullman1-1/16 m1:44.67$143,344G22001RepentTony D'AmicoKenneth G. McPeekSelect Stable1-1/16 m1:44.42$134,540G22000Dollar BillCalvin H. BorelDallas StewartGary & Mary West1-1/16 m1:47.18$135,656G21999Captain SteveRobby AlbaradoBob BaffertMichael E. Pegram1-1/16 m1:43.14$143,840G21998ExploitChris McCarronBob BaffertBob & Beverly Lewis1-1/16 m1:44.16$140,740G21997Cape TownWillie MartinezD. Wayne LukasOverbrook Farm1-1/16 m1:43.97$142,228G31996ConcertoCarlos H. Marquez Jr.John Tammaro IIIKinsman Stable1-1/16 m1:46.91$142,104G31995IdeCraig PerretPeter M. VestalPeter Willmott 1-1/16 m1:44.31$97,500G31994Jambalaya JazzSam MapleJohn T. Ward Jr.John C. Oxley1-1/16 m1:46.46$97,500G31993War DeputyGarrett GomezAnthony L. ReinstedlerWindfields Farm1-1/16 m1:46.75$97,500G31992Wild GaleShane SellersMichael J. DoyleLittle Fish Stable Inc.1-1/16 m1:45.64$105,918G31991Dance FloorChris AntleyD. Wayne LukasOaktown Stable1-1/16 m1:45.21$104,891G31990RichmanPat DayWilliam I. MottWilliam F. Lucas1-1/16 m1:45.40$107,718G31989Grand CanyonÁngel Cordero Jr.D. Wayne LukasD. Wayne Lukas & Overbrook Farm1-1/16 m1:44.60$95,550G3

Earlier winners

1988 – Tricky Creek 1987 – Notebook † 1986 – Mt. Pleasant 1985 – Mustin Lake 1984 – Fuzzy 1983 – Biloxi Indian 1982 – Highland Park 1981 – El Baba 1980 – Television Studio 1979 – King Neptune 1978 – Lot O Gold 1977 – Going Investor 1976 – Run Dusty Run 1975 – Play Boy 1974 – Circle Home 1973 – Cannonade 1972 – Puntilla 1971 – Windjammer 1970 – Line City 1969 – Evasive Action 1968 – Traffic Mark 1967 – Mr. Brogann 1966 – Lightning Orphan 1965 – War Censor 1964 – Umbrella Fella 1963 – Journalist 1962 – Sky Gem 1961 – Su Ka wa 1960 – Crimson Fury 1959 – Oil Wick 1958 – Winsome Winner 1957 – Hill Country 1956 – Federal Hill 1955 – Royal Sting 1954 – Prince Noor 1953 – Hasty Road 1952 – Straight Face 1951 – Sub Fleet 1950 – Pur Sang 1949 – Roman Bath 1948 – John's Joy 1947 – Bold Gallant 1946 – Double Jay 1939–1945 : no race 1938 – T M Dorsett 1937 – Mountain Ridge 1936 – Reaping Reward 1935 – Grand Slam 1934 – Nellie Flag 1933 – Mata Hari 1932 – The Darb 1931 – Kakapo 1930 – Twenty Grand 1929 – Desert Light 1928 – Clyde Van Dusen 1927 – Reigh Count 1926 – Valorous 1925 – Canter 1924 – Master Charlie 1923 – Wise Counsellor 1922 – Enchantment 1921 – Startle 1920 – Tryster

† In 1987, Buoy won the race but was disqualified for interference and set back to second.

See also Road to the Kentucky Derby

References

External links The 2008 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes at Bloodhorse.com